Betty Deville Quotes & Sayings

Chance favors the connected mind. — Steven Johnson

Generosity is also an act of freedom, a casting off of the constraints of prudence and self-interest. — Marilynne Robinson

Be the great person you were always meant to be. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

Some people think God is going to guide those humans. The Oneida community and the Shakers both believed that they had received revelations about how to build the New Jerusalem that the Bible says is coming — Christine Jennings

Gentlemen, here is a truth: Enduring tedium over real time in a confined space is what real courage is ... True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care
with no one there to see or cheer. — David Foster Wallace

As a writer, I've always believed that while my work and I myself are embedded in whatever period I am writing about, clearly I am sensitive to the winds that are blowing in the culture. At the same time, I have always felt that the issue was not to deal with the problem in the abstract, but to deal with the people who are in that problem. The emphasis is on the people. The general problem begins to resolve itself even before the play is finished. — Arthur Miller

Canada is the greatest nation in this country. — Allan A. Lamport

As long as I breath, I can only be thankful. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You have to have a serious streak in you, or you can't see the funny side of the other fellow. — Will Rogers

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one's head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people's pain. — James Baldwin

Long term, I have a lot of confidence in the United States. We have an excellent record in terms of innovation. We have great universities that are involved in technological change and progress. We have an entrepreneurial culture, much more than almost any other country. — Ben Bernanke

My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star. — Shania Twain

And then Alec had a providient thought. "D'you want my sister?"
"Octavia!" Hugh gasped at him. "isn't she twelve?"
"She's nineteen."
"I can't marry her. I'd keep picturing her as twelve. — Julia Quinn